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basil Name Meaning and History

English and French: from a medieval personal name, ultimately from Greek Basileios ‘royal’. The name was borne by a 4th-century bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, regarded as one of the four Fathers of the Eastern Church; he wrote important theological works and established a rule for religious orders of monks. Various other saints are also known under these and cognate names. The popularity of Vasili as a Russian personal name is largely due to the fact that this was the ecclesiastical name of St. Vladimir (956–1015), Prince of Kiev, who was chiefly responsible for the introduction of Christianity to Russia. As an American surname, this has also absorbed some Greek, Russian, and other derivatives of Greek Vasili.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of basil Families in the US in 1920
Number of basil families
 19-36
 7-18		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 36 - Messages: 70
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LOOKING FOR ANY BASILS OF BARREN COUNTY, KY corvettehottie23 8
Man of Free Color @@dspedigo@scrtc.com 2
Photo Clessie Basil early 1900s Ohio @@aholmes@remax.net 1
Anton E Basil viper16 0
Clara Basil/Geralds/Pennington tfsexton61 0
Basil family in OH Hockeymom5159 0
Felson Bazel in Roane county Tenn jerrithompson1 4
Basil Photos Teresa Sexton 0
Cynthia Basil CathyDownes1949 0
Basil family, Monroe Co., Kentucky larbin67701 0
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